By Travis Cohalan

tcohalan@dailyadvert iser.com.au

THE AFL has vowed to consider the opinions of all clubs but it is highly unlikely it will change its new competition structure for next season.

Riverina Football League clubs showed their displeasure with the proposed new system by voting 9-0 against it at a special meeting earlier in the week.

The 9-0 vote was close to unanimous with only one club, Wagga Tigers, abstaining from voting on the matter.

AFL (NSW/ACT) business development manager Garry Buchanan yesterday admitted he was aware of the views of some RFL clubs and said the issues would be discussed in the next few weeks before the blueprint is rubber-stamped.

"We will take all of that into account," Buchanan said.

"We will endeavour to approach the clubs with problems and meet with them."

When the blueprint into the future of Australian football in the Riverina was handed down on June 20 clubs were given two weeks to lodge a submission to appeal against the new changes being brought in next season.

The deadline is tomorrow and despite plenty of clubs and officials slamming the proposed changes, it appears the new city-country competitions will be passed to play by the AFL.

"Right from the start we said it would need to be unanimous opposition," Buchanan said.

"That hasn't changed and it would need to be a large majority of the stakeholders."

The RFL has supposedly requested a two-week extension on tomorrow's deadline but Buchanan yesterday said the AFL was unaware of any such demand.

"I have seen no requests (from the RFL) so we will still be working on the basis that the 3rd of July is the date," Buchanan said.

Buchanan claimed the AFL was always prepared – and even encouraged – negative feedback on the blueprint but urged relevant parties to look to the future.

"Most definitely, whenever there are any changes to a league there is going to be people that are unhappy and that have their own ideas," Buchanan said.

"We didn't expect unanimous support.

"But we aren't going to be jumping at any shadows either."